The female Athletes tested positive for banned substances, and are barred from the London Olympics.
Three Nigerian athletes already in London preparing for the Olympics have tested positive for banned drugs.
Although
the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), declined to name the
affected athletes, on Sunday, a source confirmed that Vivian
Chukwuemeka, Lauretta Ozoh and Regina George were those who samples
tested positive to banned substances.
The informed National
Sports Commission source also revealed that the leadership of the Team
Nigeria camp in Surrey, England has been informed and ordered to decamp
the affected athletes immediately.
But affected athlete,
Chukwuemeka, who just returned from a two-year ban for a similar
offence, has called for the result of the test carried out on her at the
African Championship in Port Novo, Benin Republic to confirm if there
was no attempt to accuse her with the result of the Nigeria Olympic
trials a week earlier in Calabar.
“Chukwuemeka, who knows that if
this result is true she will get a life ban from IAAF, has called for
the result of her drugs test at the African Champion. If that one is
negative, then it means something is wrong somewhere. But if it also
tests positive, that is automatic life ban for her, ” revealed the
informed the top NSC source.
Ozoh may also share Chukwuemeka’s fate as a second offender. Only George may get a lighter ban as a first time drugs offender.
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3 Female Nigerian Olympic Athletes Fail drugs test
3 Female Nigerian Olympic Athletes Fail drugs test
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Monday, July 16, 2012
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